Chapter 653: Chapter 286: War Preparations Chapter 653: Chapter 286: War Preparations When the intelligence became clear and Lu Pingping realized that Dream Technology's adversary was the US Government, she became somewhat panicked. As an excellent corporate manager, she had methods to deal with all sorts of business competition in the market, but these were normal business tactics. Discovering that her opponent had turned into the world's most powerful entity, the US Government, and specifically the utterly unreasonable former President of the United States, she felt overwhelmed.
However, at this point, Yan Fei remained incredibly calm and confident. He had already contemplated this possibility when Dream Island was about to launch. Having previously used the moniker “Destroyer” to engage in a major battle with the United States Army and overwhelmingly come out on top, Yan Fei naturally didn't take the United States too seriously. Others might fear the United States, but Yan Fei did not; he thought they could just have it out if need be. As long as nuclear weapons weren't involved, Yan Fei really wasn't afraid of the US's martial threats. Nevertheless, the United States still stood as a hurdle in front of Dream Island; only by overcoming this obstacle could Dream Island truly stand at the pinnacle of the world and achieve freedom and ease.
In response to the trade ban threats from the US, Yan Fei didn't make any direct response but instead immediately published a message in Chinese on the official website of Dream Island. The message stated that due to the unfriendly actions of countries such as Singapore towards Dream Island, including unjustly banning the sale of Dream Technology's Weight Loss Cookies, causing significant losses to Dream Island, those countries participating in the sales ban would not be listed in the Directory of Friendly Cooperation. Consequently, their citizens would also be unable to receive treatment at the Terminal Illness Hospital.
Yan Fei's move was very clever; he didn't respond directly to the threats from the United States, but he managed to exert substantial influence with minimal effort. With just a simple press release, he made clear his uncompromising stance, and simultaneously, this caused the wealthy elites within Singapore and similar countries to become incredibly agitated.
Among these countries' wealthy elite were some incurable disease patients who needed immediate treatment at the Terminal Illness Hospital. Previously, when communicating with their governments, they had been assured that their countries' sanctions wouldn't affect relations with Dream Island. They were promised that not only would their treatments for incurable diseases not be impacted, but they would also gain additional advantages from the sanctions. They believed that once the sanctions took effect, their countries could coerce Dream Island into submission, allowing them to receive treatments and reap greater benefits. It was because of these guarantees that they had tacitly allowed their governments to engage in hostile actions against Dream Island.
But now, Dream Island had issued a statement clearly indicating its refusal to submit. By listing these countries as barred from the Directory of Friendly Cooperation and refusing to treat their citizens' incurable diseases, the wealthy elites realized too late that they had been naive to believe in such promises and that their dreams of immediate treatment and increased benefits were shattered. These patients with terminal illnesses already had little time left, possibly a month to live, and it was uncertain when they would get another chance at treatment–if they would even be alive by then. Upon realizing they had been deceived, they became enraged and immediately began to question their governments' actions, plunging their own countries into chaos.
Originally, these countries had planned a series of actions–after banning the sale of Weight Loss Cookies, they were set to target Dream Technology's cosmetics next. But Yan Fei's counterattack cast doubt on their initial move, and thus their subsequent actions had to be postponed indefinitely.
Yan Fei's tactic not only intimidated the first wave of countries trying to suppress Dream Technology Products, preventing them from taking further action, but it also put pressure on other nations that were considering similar moves. These countries had also made promises to their wealthy citizenry that by supporting the government's actions, they could gain more benefits and still receive treatments at the Terminal Illness Hospital should they need them.
However, after Yan Fei's declaration, these countries felt the unyielding tone of Dream Island. They began to worry that if Dream Island refused to submit and instead chose to sever ties completely with these nations, going so far as to destroy equipment and methods for treating AIDS and cancer, leaving all patients without a chance for cure, such a scenario was not impossible.
If that extreme situation arose, even the richest in those countries wouldn't be able to buy back their lives; they would have no choice but death. With this concern in mind, different voices emerged within these countries, making it difficult for their governments to fully support the US's call to ban Dream Technology products.
Upon realizing Yan Fei's unyielding stance, the United States became somewhat infuriated and began its real suppression efforts. Under the firm stance of the former US President, the US disregarded the welfare of its citizens suffering from terminal illnesses and swiftly prohibited the sale of Weight Loss Cookies within its borders. The pretext for this was still the experimental data from the hospital in Singapore, claiming that the cookies contained toxic substances that could cause infertility. At the same time, they initiated an investigation into Dream Technology cosmetics, and should any harmful substances be found, they would immediately ban the sale of the cosmetics as well.
Given the United States' attitude towards Dream Island, it was certain that in the near future, Dream Technology cosmetics would be found to contain the harmful substances they were looking for, leading to a ban on all Dream Technology products from being sold within the US. This action was originally meant to be carried out by the first wave of countries targeting Dream Island, but due to Yan Fei's strong performance, those nations didn't dare to proceed with their next move, forcing the United States to step forward and play the villain itself.